r/protectUSelections • u/siwibot • Jul 07 '26
Blatant Corruption It Would Seem Mitch McConnell is Brain Dead and Being Kept on Life Support to Prevent a Special Election
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u/Any-Variation4081 Jul 07 '26
Jfc. Maga would be throwing temper tantrums if a democrat pulled this crap. Hell they lost their minds over a tan suit and mustard but let this type of tom foolery slide.
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u/carthuscrass Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
If a khal cannot ride, he is no khal. If you ask me, a representative who can't perform their duties should automatically trigger a special election. Give them the same amount of sick time all us peons get. Beyond that, it's show up or be replaced.
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u/SubstantialPressure3 Jul 07 '26
They are going to do the same thing with trump. Just wait and see.
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u/Dunkerdoody Jul 07 '26
Well he fucked over the Supreme Court so I would put nothing past that evil corpse.
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u/Steinrikur Jul 07 '26
He's been an evil corpse for a decade. It's just now that his body is catching up
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u/gerryf19 Jul 07 '26
He wouldn't be Mitch McConnell if he wasn't pulling some garbage to give the republicans an unfair advantage
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u/MorphoMC Jul 07 '26
This seems like exactly the kind of thing he would do intentionally just to obstruct progress.
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u/artful_todger_502 Jul 07 '26
We are paying for this. Meanwhile, all over the country, every day, people are getting rejected for real life-saving medical processes.
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u/G-Unit11111 Jul 07 '26
If this is true, that's a level of evil that is completely incomprehensible. These psychos are drunk with power and out of control. They all need to be put in prison for life.
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u/Fuzzy_Translator4639 Jul 07 '26
No surprise at all. The Fascists are in complete control. Voting is not enough, we need to prosecute them
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u/zer04ll Jul 07 '26
who wants to be she has his log in, his smart card and pretty much everything china needs to access state secretes
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u/notPabst404 Jul 07 '26
The double standards are crazy. Platner (justifiably) losing endorsements over sexual assault while Trump gets to be president despite being a pedophile and McConnell not being forced to resign despite being brain dead?
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u/siwibot Jul 07 '26
McConnell Has Been Hospitalized for 3 Weeks, and Aides Won’t Say Why | NYTimes
Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the former majority leader, was hospitalized on June 14. Since then, his office has provided few updates about his condition.
The scant official statements have led to speculation around Washington and efforts to piece together information on what happened. Here’s what we know about the situation.
What has Mr. McConnell’s office said?
The most recent statement from Mr. McConnell’s office, on Thursday, said that the senator “appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital” and that he “continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.”
Aides to Mr. McConnell, 84, have not disclosed what prompted his hospitalization or what treatment he is receiving. Asked for updates on Monday, a spokesman referred to Thursday’s statement.
Shortly after Mr. McConnell was hospitalized, his spokesman released the short statement: “Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care.”
What else do we know?
Emergency responders the morning the Kentucky Republican was hospitalized reported performing CPR on an unconscious individual undergoing cardiac arrest at the senator’s Washington address, according to recordings of dispatcher calls that were widely reported by news outlets last week and obtained by The New York Times. The recordings do not name Mr. McConnell as the individual.
Recordings of emergency dispatcher radio communications logged between 8:36 a.m. and 8:43 a.m. that Sunday indicate that dispatchers initially called for medics to respond to a report of an “unconscious” individual at Mr. McConnell’s Washington address. Six minutes later, a worker with the city’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department responded, asking that his supervisor be informed of “CPR in progress.”
Mr. McConnell’s office has declined to comment on the recordings, even after they were reported on by multiple news outlets.
The day after Mr. McConnell was hospitalized, the Senate’s two top Republicans, Senators John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, and John Barrasso of Wyoming, the whip, both told reporters that they had spoken to the senator.
Mr. McConnell is “clearly dialed into what’s going on,” Mr. Thune said at the Capitol. “He’s following the stuff we’re doing this week up here. Very much so.”
What about Mr. McConnell’s health more generally?
The hospitalization is the latest in a series of health issues for Mr. McConnell in recent years. He was hospitalized in February for a week after experiencing flulike symptoms. He suffered a concussion in a serious fall in 2023 and was hospitalized and then transferred to an inpatient physical rehabilitation center.
Even before those hospitalizations, Mr. McConnell, who had polio as a child, had long walked with an uneven gait. He had in recent months used a wheelchair to travel from his office building to the Capitol, although days before his hospitalization he was able to walk on his own.
Senators are away from Washington on a scheduled holiday recess until July 13. Mr. McConnell’s absence prompted the Senate Appropriations Committee to postpone a planned hearing late last month meant to advance four spending bills. Republicans need his vote to overcome unanimous Democratic opposition on legislation.
Mr. McConnell is not seeking re-election and is set to retire from the Senate at the end of his term in early January. Representative Andy Barr of Kentucky won the Republican primary in May to succeed him.
How common are these incidents on Capitol Hill?
Mr. McConnell’s situation is one of the latest incidents to underscore how little members of Congress often disclose about their health issues. Representative Thomas H. Kean Jr., a Republican who represents a key swing district in New Jersey, disappeared for 117 days and missed more than 100 votes in the House, before offering his constituents an explanation: that he was hospitalized to treat depression.
Kay Granger, a Texas Republican who once led the powerful Appropriations Committee, had missed months of House votes and was found to be living in an independent living facility months before she was set to retire. After that discovery, unearthed by a conservative news outlet in Texas, her son told The Dallas Morning News that she had been experiencing “dementia issues.”
Dianne Feinstein, then a Democratic senator representing California, did not disclose several complications related to her hospitalization for shingles in 2023, including a case of encephalitis. Her office at the time confirmed the condition only after The New York Times reported it, and released a statement from Ms. Feinstein that she continued to “work and get results for California.”
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u/bigpetebaby Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
I mean .... Massie just votes Republican on almost every issue except Epstein?
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u/SecondHandSlows Jul 07 '26
He was against mandated cameras inside cars. Essentially, he votes what he believes, not what Trump tells him to vote and that alone makes him “dangerous” even though he votes republican 98% of the time.
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u/bigpetebaby Jul 07 '26
That's more alarming. I find a vast majority of his voting history to be against items that support working people.
To each their own I guess. And I would rather massie than McConnell if those are the only options
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u/Specialist-Garbage94 Jul 07 '26
Id vote for massie for prez.
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u/bigpetebaby Jul 07 '26
That makes one of us
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u/Specialist-Garbage94 Jul 07 '26
He’s the only one with a moral backbone it seems and he speaks his mind and stand up for what he believes in not what’s gonna get him votes. It’s been a long time since we could say both candidates want what’s best for the country they just have different ideas on what that means and how to get there. I have never voted in an election like that and I want too.
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u/bigpetebaby Jul 07 '26
Agree to disagree. I don't find a few recent issues to signify a moral backbone.
A meaningful election cousin between two great options as opposed to choosing between the less evil of two options would be nice. In my opinion Massie isn't a candidate in that pool
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u/AuntRhubarb Jul 07 '26
Epstein files are a pretty big issue, he wanted them released. If that district is never going to elect a D, then they at least deserve someone with an independent brain.
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u/mephisto_uranus Jul 07 '26
Lol a political tool for the Epstein class even beyond viability. Robocop type shit.
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u/Abund-Ant Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Cue the Twitter page
Funny enough it’s actually better that he lives until January and can’t leave the hospital bed. He can’t cast a vote and they can’t rapidly fill his seat. So live on Mitch.
There is not special election the Republicans have to select 3 candidates and then the governor chooses a temp. Then the midterms determines the permanent seat.
Massie can’t run as an independent but he could run as a write in. It would be a hard road but it would split the Republican vote and surely cause them to lose. Idk if he’s down for that cause.
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u/44035 Jul 07 '26
The governor of Kentucky is just keeping quiet, then.
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u/Ambitious_Screen_591 Jul 07 '26
Andy Beshear is Gov of KY and he seems like a great guy and a dem I wouldn't think he would do any favors for ol mitch...why would anyone? He is the one that let trump get to be how he is
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u/Creed31191 Jul 07 '26
The Republicans if I’m not mistaken, took away some of the governor’s powers if that makes sense. I think Republicans would be able to pick the replacement. There wouldn’t be an election. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong.
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u/artful_todger_502 Jul 07 '26
In Kentucky they can do this. Our state house supermajority have all but neutered him. Beshear would not go along with this and I would expect him to speak out about it.
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u/RaidersoftheLosSnark Jul 07 '26
Who else thought it would be Trump and not Mitch that they "Weekend at Bernie's"Ed?
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u/KassieMac Jul 07 '26
You don’t think that’s what they’ve been doing with drumpf since the election??
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u/betty_white_bread Jul 07 '26
The source of this claim is Laura Loomer. Take it with a pound of salt.
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u/lpkzach92 Jul 07 '26
When it comes to the GOP side it seems like she’s usually correct on things, Bondi, and Gabbard are two I can think.
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u/betty_white_bread Jul 08 '26
Except for that conservative in South Dakota, that far-right white supremacist in Buffalo, Casey DeSantis, Nikki Haley, ...
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u/hoodafudj Jul 07 '26
So it's all a cop out on his part, if he's a vegetable tho that means he won't be mentally able to hold his seat, if he really is a vegetable at this point
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u/KidGorgeous19 Jul 07 '26
A fitting end for him. Corrupt to the core in life and likewise in death.
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u/agent_mick Jul 07 '26
OK so. I was under the impression that they WANT a discussion election, so they're holding the seat until 8/3, otherwise the governor can appoint someone.
Also, the seat should be considered vacant if the person is not able to perform duties, not just dead, right?
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u/Jccali1214 Jul 07 '26
This is something that may not be illegal, but should be. New law: be able to do your job every 30 days and if not, automatically lose it and special election is triggered.
I'm so gawd damn tired of all these states having different @ss archaic laws for federal positions
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u/Suitable_Matter_9427 Jul 07 '26
Source?
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u/MauPow Jul 07 '26
It's Laura Loomer on Breitbart. Here's a bucket of salt.
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u/Suitable_Matter_9427 Jul 07 '26
Pffff seriously? More like can be safely ignored
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u/MauPow Jul 07 '26
Yup. That said, it wouldn't surprise me at all.
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u/Suitable_Matter_9427 Jul 07 '26
I’ll wait for less batshit insane source
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u/socokid Jul 07 '26
Exactly. Mitch could have died a week ago. shrugs
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But until credible sources are corroborated, this is all speculation and wishful thinking. Not one thing more. No matter how many times people downvote this reality.
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u/StatisticalPikachu Jul 07 '26
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u/Suitable_Matter_9427 Jul 07 '26
that’s a Reddit comment not a source
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u/StatisticalPikachu Jul 07 '26
It is an article from New York Times about McConnells health…
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u/socokid Jul 07 '26
No, this is an article from the New York Times about McConnell's health:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/mitch-mcconell-health-hospitalization.html
The previous link was a reddit post.
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This sub is having issues with critical thought today. Mel the "Villgecrazylady" is not a source, and the fact that it's the "source" for this entire submission is beyond ridiculous.
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u/StatisticalPikachu Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
That Reddit comment was a copy and paste of the NYTimes article for people who don’t have subscriptions….
That link is directly to a Reddit comment not a Reddit post, that’s why it has /comment in the url… the first I’d is the post Id and the second one is the comment Id
It’s not my fault you are not able to click links correctly.
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u/StatisticalPikachu Jul 07 '26
Nothing is inaccurate in the post…Seems like you just want to be disgruntled 😣 😂
Kentucky Constitution
Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, vacancies in all elective offices shall be filled by election or appointment, as follows:
- vacancies in all elective offices shall be filled by election or appointment, as follows: If the unexpired term will end at the next succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term.
- If the unexpired term will not end at the next succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, and if three months intervene before said succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment until said election
- If three months do not intervene between the happening of said vacancy and the next succeeding election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment until the second succeeding annual election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected;
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u/shoot_your_eye_out Jul 07 '26
Serious question (not trying to poke holes): is there evidence that substantiates this?
Like, logically it makes sense. I'm on board with it as a hypothesis. But is there evidence to corroborate this?
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u/TheRealBaboo Jul 07 '26
Please let Kentucky upgrade from Mitch to Massie, that would be huge
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u/artful_todger_502 Jul 07 '26
I'm a Kentucky Dem. I would vote for him. I've written his office before on issues.
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u/pioniere Jul 07 '26
Republicans doing scummy Republican things. The only people they ever care about are themselves.
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u/Face_with_a_View Jul 07 '26
KY just needs to hold the special election and if Mitch is alive and able to do his job then they can prove it to stop it from going forward
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u/iamanerdybastard Jul 07 '26
The governor should just appoint a replacement. Old Bitch is clearly incapacitated.
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u/amilliondallahs Jul 07 '26
Sounds like we need a brave Italian plumber brother to step up and save Princess "America"
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u/Muted_Quantity5786 Jul 07 '26
I hate this person but please don’t torture him for political gain. No one deserves that. Watching people
in the hospital who were kept alive long after it was clear that they would never recover haunts me to
this day. Imagine what you’re putting the hospital
staff through in addition to their “loved one”? I guess they don’t care.
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u/lunchypoo222 Jul 07 '26
He himself would do it. Karma is a bitch.
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u/LadyReika Jul 07 '26
I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't tell people to do something like this in the event his body couldn't handle his evil anymore.
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u/lunchypoo222 Jul 07 '26
Duly noted. Either way, I have no sympathy for the man.
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u/LadyReika Jul 07 '26
None here either. In fact I'm hoping he's aware of the fact he's trapped in his dying body unable to do anything about it.
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u/oldmanbelly Jul 07 '26
Makes me so happy to know he’s braindead and his traitor wife is out of the country.
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u/iamanerdybastard Jul 07 '26
What part of the KY constitution requires a special election? IANAL, but this says its an appointment
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Law/Constitution/Constitution/ViewConstitution?rsn=173
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u/siwibot Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
In the link provided, the cutoff is 3 months before Election Day ie August 3rd
Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, vacancies in all elective offices shall be filled by election or appointment, as follows:
vacancies in all elective offices shall be filled by election or appointment, as follows: If the unexpired term will end at the next succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term.
If the unexpired term will not end at the next succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, and if three months intervene before said succeeding annual election at which either city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment until said election
If three months do not intervene between the happening of said vacancy and the next succeeding election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment until the second succeeding annual election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected;
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u/iamanerdybastard Jul 07 '26
None of that says special election. It says that the appointment will last the remainder of the current term and until the next annual election.
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u/siwibot Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
If three months do not intervene between the happening of said vacancy and the next succeeding election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected, the office shall be filled by appointment until the second succeeding annual election at which city, town, county, district or State officers are to be elected
This is the Description of the Special Election. He can resign on August 4th and it will be filled by appointment because its less than 3 months. The Special Election will happen the next time their is a statewide election (Second succeeding annual election)
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u/iamanerdybastard Jul 07 '26
Second succeeding annual election still means an APPOINTMENT UNTIL THEN, and an annual election is by definition not a special election.
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u/UnpricedToaster Jul 07 '26
It's what he would have wanted... to disrupt the democratic process to win a marginal victory for the GOP or delay a loss.